Joan Faus

El Hierro, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, is Europe's latest frontline in the struggle to cut irregular migration. Nearly twice as many migrants as residents have landed this year on the southernmost of Spain's Canary Islands.

Chinese carmaker Chery will delay the start of vehicle production in Spain to the fourth quarter of 2025, an executive at its Spanish partner Ebro said on Thursday, about a year behind a previous schedule.

Spain's Cellnex , Europe's largest mobile phone tower operator, on Monday reported a 6.1% hike in adjusted core earnings in the first nine months of the year as revenues grew 7% to 2.9 billion euros ($3.11 billion) thanks to the deployment of more towers.

The EU Court of Justice has rejected an appeal by Catalan separatist leaders Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comin who both sought recognition as European Parliament members after being denied in June 2019, the court said on Thursday.

Spanish authorities are encouraging the expansion of luxury hotels as they crack down on a surge in holiday rentals that has triggered anti-tourism protests in places like Barcelona and the Canary Islands.

Canadian fund Brookfield is in talks with banks to raise funds for its possible takeover bid for beleaguered Spanish drugmaker Grifols , two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

BARCELONA (Reuters) -Catalonia's separatist parties on Tuesday failed to agree on forming a coalition government in the northeastern Spanish region, raising the prospect of a snap election if no candidate manages to attract a parliamentary majority in two months.

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont used straw hats and subterfuge to evade an arrest warrant in Barcelona and may still be hiding out in Spain, police said on Friday as they faced a storm of criticism for failing to detain him.

Former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont defied an arrest warrant to appear at a rally in Barcelona on Thursday after seven years of self-imposed exile, before reportedly fleeing the scene with a car belonging to a regional police officer.

Puigdemont's 'magic' Catalan escape: a white getaway car and suspected rogue police